Independent on Sunday
As well as a super-refined approach to sonority, Pizarro has every note where he wants it, plus the power to whip the increasingly opulent decadence of La Valse up to a shatteringly self-destructive climax
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Financial Times
Wizardry from Pizarro: Pizarro’s pearl-like clarity casts a spell over music that demands the wizardry of a water-sprite
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The Herald
Ravel's warhorses: ...Pizarro’s Ravel is a marriage of clarity, delicacy and unforced virtuosity.
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Manchester Evening News
The most notable thing about Ravel's piano works, in the opinion of some, is their near-impossibility to play...
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BBC Online
'This is a very grown-up disc on all counts. I would definitely recommend it...'
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Ravel - Pizarro - Classic FM

01 May 2007Classic FMPhilip Clark

Volume one of Pizarro's complete cycle of Ravel's piano music includes two major works, Miroirs and Gaspard de la nuit, and the astonishing piano transcription of La Valse. Pizarro matches the grandeur of Ravel's inventions note-for-note. With the opening movement of Miroirs, Pizarro delicately pedals Ravel's looking-glass textures, while the folksy Alborada del gracioso from the same cycle is snappy enough to make anyone shout ‘olé'. Volume two? Bring it on.